The High Prosecutor's Office today (6th) indicted legislator Gao Jin Sumei, pointing out that she had received 170 million yuan in funds from the Chinese Communist Party and cooperated with related United Front operations in Taiwan, and requested 14 years in prison. In this regard, DPP legislator Lin Chuyin said earlier that prosecution does not mean a verdict, and Gao Jin Sumei cannot be asked to resign as a legislator. However, Gao Jin Sumei is still a legislator and has access to civil defense deployments, national defense secrets, etc., but currently there are no measures to prevent national security breaches.
Gao Jin Sumei was charged with violating the "National Security Law" and the "Corruption Crime Ordinance" and was prosecuted and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Zhang Junjie, the "big accountant" who was on the run, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors found that between 2005 and 2016, Gao Jin Sumei received 170 million yuan in overseas funds to develop organizations for the Chinese Communist Party in Taiwan. She also cooperated with the Chinese Communist Party’s instructions to boycott the budget in Congress and oppose arms purchase regulations.
In an interview with this newspaper, Lin Chuyin pointed out that in the past, members of the Democratic Progressive Party proposed amendments to the "Anti-infiltration Law" and the "National Security Law", including requiring legislators to report when going to China, increasing the criminal liability for treason, etc., and were blocked more than 1,200 times in the Congress where the blue and white majority dominated. They also blocked the national security budget first and then the national security bill in a very rhythmic manner, and were questioned for assisting the CCP in undermining national security. Now the verdict has confirmed that these accusations are not groundless, and the DPP is not selling a "sense of national subjugation", but actually has legislators who are local collaborators of the Chinese Communist Party.
However, Lin Chuyin said that Taiwan is a country governed by the rule of law. Prosecution does not mean conviction, nor does it mean that the case has been solved. The current law cannot ask Gao Jin Sumei to resign as a legislator, but the problem is that she is still in the Legislative Yuan and even serves as a member of the Internal Affairs Committee. In addition to using her powers, Understand the civil defense deployment, etc., and you can also see the secret budget related to national defense and national security. However, the prosecutor pointed out that she was able to exchange information with the CCP and be commanded by China. However, we have no measures to prevent risks. As a result, all the information has been laid out naked in front of the CCP, which is very dangerous.
Lin Chuyin pointed out that this case proves the importance of reporting when a legislator goes to China. At least the investigation can know which provinces she has visited and who she has contacted. If China's local collaborators want to do bad things, they will not be so blatant. Like when the Legislative Yuan voted on the Congressional power expansion bill in 2024, Kuomintang legislator Lu Xianyi was in China to attend the Aboriginal United Front event, but someone helped him press the voting machine. If there had been a report, at least everyone would know in advance that they were not in Taiwan at all.
